Mbuye Surname
Approximately 929 people bear this surname
Mbuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 440 | 1:120,322 | 11,453 |
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| Zambia | 97 | 1:163,401 | 11,461 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mbuye (16) may also be a first name.
Mbuye Demographics
Mbuye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbuye occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbuye is the 383,038th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,844,506 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbuye are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mbuye is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 440 people, or 1 in 120,322. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Katavi Region, where 62 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 34 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and Zambia, where 10 percent are found.
Mbuye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mbuye last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mbuye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.41% less than the national average, earning R 58,440 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mbuye
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